THE HEAD OF SCHOOL'S ANNUAL REPORT 2009 - St Hildas School

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such as Senteo devices, Apple Mac Books, document readers and laptops for science investigation. The use of technology in the classrooms is already an entrenched practice by teachers and girls in the School. This cutting-edge usage of technology further positioned St Hilda’s School to be a leading school for the overt and intelligent use of technology to enhance teaching and learning, hence, producing excellent educational outcomes. In summary, in my final St Hilda’s School report, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff, parents and girls for their support of my work at St Hilda’s School over the past four-and-a-half years. As you know, the educating of our young charges can only be done well with collective efforts from the whole school community. The excellent educational outcomes we have achieved to date, which cemented our position as one of the leading girls’ schools in Queensland, ought to be attributed to the astute governance of School Council under the guidance of Mr Ian Hollindale; the prudent leadership of the Head of School Mr Peter Crawley; the meticulous management by the Senior Leadership Team to support Mr Crawley; the outstanding curricular leadership of the Heads of Faculty; the dedicated teaching staff; the unobtrusive support of the administrative, maintenance and support staff; the committed support of the parents and most importantly, the diligence of the girls. It is my prayer and parting wish that St Hilda’s School will grow from strength to strength from this point forward to cement its position as the top girls’ school in Queensland and set its sights to be the best in Australia. Mrs Tsae Wong Director Teaching and Learning 12
2009 NATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM RESULTS Literacy and Numeracy Results Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 In May this year, the Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 girls sat for the compulsory National Assessment Program on Literacy and Numeracy for all Australian students. These results from the national literacy and numeracy tests will provide schools, parents and students with an important measure of how Australian students are performing in the content strands of numeracy, reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation. At St Hilda’s School, Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 teachers prepared the girls by familiarising them with the sample test papers leading up to the tests. The excellent results tabulated below are testament of the exemplary teaching practices and the well-constructed curriculum we offer at St Hilda’s School. St Hilda’s girls out-performed their National and State counterparts consistently in all aspects of the tests. It is also worth noting that our girls out-performed almost all the top scoring State or Territory schools in every assessment criteria at all year levels. Congratulations to the teachers and students of Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 for such outstanding literacy and numeracy results. National Average Score State State St Hilda’s Above Above (for Top State) Girls School National State Year 3 2009 Average Spelling 405 424 (NSW) 376 389 437 32 61 Writing 414 428 (VIC) 395 409 438 24 43 Grammar/Punctuation 420 441 (ACT) 394 425 459 39 65 Reading 411 434 (ACT) 386 398 436 25 50 Numeracy 394 411 (VIC) 372 372 412 18 40 Year 5 2009 Average Spelling 487 503 (NSW) 466 477 526 39 60 Writing 485 498 (VIC) 466 480 513 28 47 Grammar/Punctuation 500 517 (ACT) 486 511 557 57 71 Reading 494 513 (ACT) 478 485 542 48 64 Numeracy 487 501 (NSW) 470 468 496 9 26 Year 7 2009 Average Spelling 540 551 (NSW) 533 545 587 47 54 Writing 533 541 (VIC) 525 541 587 54 62 Grammar/Punctuation 540 558 (ACT) 534 557 615 75 81 Reading 541 559 (ACT) 533 543 598 57 65 Numeracy 544 549 (ACT/VIC) 539 538 579 35 40 Year 9 2009 Average Spelling 576 586 (NSW) 569 587 613 37 44 Writing 569 582 (VIC) 558 580 624 55 66 Grammar/Punctuation 574 593 (ACT) 569 588 616 42 47 Reading 580 598 (ACT) 570 585 614 34 44 Numeracy 589 600 (ACT) 579 582 626 37 47 • ‘National’ denotes all students in that year level in Australia • ‘Top State’ denotes all students in that year level in the state which has the highest average among all the states and territories • ‘State’ denotes all students in that year level in Queensland • ‘State Girls’ denotes all the female students in that year level in Queensland 13
Page 1 and 2: THE HEAD OF SCHOOL’S ANNUAL REPOR
Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS School Mission ...........
Page 5 and 6: flag for sporting events. In essenc
Page 7 and 8: common features of our professional
Page 9 and 10: BOARDING SCHOOL Living in St Hilda
Page 11 and 12: POSITIONING ST HILDA’S AS A LEADI
Page 13: • Head of School Mr Peter Crawley
Page 17 and 18: ATHENA FELLOWSHIP - GIRLS’ EDUCAT
Page 19 and 20: ATHENA FELLOWSHIP: ED-MEDIA In the
Page 21 and 22: JUNIOR SCHOOL Education for life is
Page 23 and 24: MIDDLE SCHOOL Like the pieces of a
Page 25 and 26: the Year 9 House Leaders were fun t
Page 27 and 28: The success of the 40-Hour Techno-F
Page 29 and 30: classroom. These devices have playe
Page 31 and 32: DESIGN The subjects of Design Futur
Page 33 and 34: During 2009, students from Years 8
Page 35 and 36: HUMANITIES The Humanities faculty p
Page 37 and 38: LEARNING ENHANCEMENT Assistance giv
Page 39 and 40: MUSIC Junior, Middle and Senior Sch
Page 41 and 42: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION In the midst of
Page 43 and 44: VISUAL ART This year was a time of
Page 45 and 46: The Touch competition, held in Toow
Page 47 and 48: Hockey, Netball and Volleyball Wint
Page 49 and 50: Reunion Weekend Mothers of St Hilda
Page 51 and 52: Y11 Morgan Heynes - Country Music -
Page 53 and 54: Sarah Jones, Chrystal Lui, Frances
Page 55 and 56: Y7 Brittani Pickering National Age
Page 57 and 58: BOARDING Health Centre Coordinators
Page 60: NON NOBIS SOLUM Not for ourselves a

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